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C. J. VAN OECKELEN.

Machine for Making Packages of Tobacco. No. 44,028. Patented Augrso, 1864.

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UNITED STATES O. J. VAN OEOKELEN,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,028, dated August 30, 1864.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, O. J. VAN ()EOKELEN, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Machine for Making Packages of Tobacco, &c. 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had, to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 represents a longitudinal vertical section of my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan or top view of the same. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 show detached views of the folding device at different stages of the operation.

Similar letters of reference in the several views indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to make packages of tobacco or of other articles or substances of a similar nature entirely by machinery, the tobacco or other material to be wrapped up in a package being measured off and pushed in the paper, which is previously formed into a hollow tube to receive the charge, the whole being so arranged that it can be operated by steam or any other competent power, and that it requires but very little attendance, and no hand-labor except the measuring off of the material and the feeding of the paper to the machine, and a very large quantity of packages can be produced in a short time.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to dethe platform G, which is composed of five parts, a b c d 6, connected by hinges, so that they can readily be folded up. Each of the parts 12 c d e is also provided with end flaps b c d e b c d e, which serve to turn in the ends of the paper or foil during the process of forming the package. The parts d d d are also divided in a longitudinal direction in two parts, which are hinged together, the object being to enable one part to keep the wrapper in position at the bottom of the former, while the other part is allowed to make room for the lip 60* at the outer edge of the part a, as will be readily understood by referring to Fig. 4. After the wrapper has been deposited on the platform G, where it may be held in position by suitable springs or fingers, the tube or former E is pushed out over said platform and depressed on the paper or foil right over the middle part, c. The parts I) and a are then turned up and over the tube E, as shown in Fig. 3, the wrapper being so situated at the beginning of the operation that it turns up one side of the tube, over its t0p,and a short distance down on its opposite side, being turned down by the lip 60*. The part (2 is then turned up to the position shown in Fig. 4, and the part a is released, thus allowing the part (1 to come close up to the side of the tube, and making room for the part c, which is turned over the top of the tube, and thereby the wrapper is folded completely around the tube E. After this has been accomplished, the flaps b c, d c are turned in one after the other to close the end of the wrapper, and as soon as the end is closed the plunger H, which works in the interior of the tube E, is pushed out, and by this action the charge of tobacco which was previously deposited in the tube E is pushed forward into the front end of said tube, which is surrounded and closed by the wrapper. The tube E is then drawn back, leaving the tobacco in the wrapper, and immediately after that the plunger H recedes, and the flaps I) c d e are turned in, thereby closing the end of the wrapper and completing the package.

The motion of the various elements of my machine is effected by the action of a series of cams, H, which are secured to the periphery of a drum, 1, on the driving-shaft 0. Each of the cams H acts on one of the levers J, and these levers connect by suitable rods J with bell-crank lever K, through which motion is imparted to the several rock-shafts L, and to the levers, lifters, or fingers which act 'upon the various elements of the machine. The motion of the tube E,with the hopper, for instance, is producedby the lever f. That of the plunger 11 by the leverf. The flaps c and c are operated by the lifters g and g, respectively. The flaps e and c" are depressed'by the hooks h and h. The flaps d and d are turned in by the arms 1" and t, and the flaps I) and b by the arms j and j, and the several lifters and arms receive the required motion'at proper intervals by the several cams H. on the drum I.

It remains to point out some of the peculiarities in the motions of the various parts of my machine.

The parts I) and a, and also the parts (I and e of the platform are raised and turned over, each pair by the action of one and the same lifter, the lifter k, which acts on the parts I) a and its connections, being clearly represented in Fig. l of the drawings. This lifter is provided with a hook, 70, on its top end, and it is first raised by the action of one of the cams H on the drum 1. In rising, it carries up the flaps b a, and after it has reached its highest point it is turned by the action of another of the cams H, and thereby the hook 7c is caused to turn in the flap (4. The lifter 7c is then allowed to turn back again and to descend to its original position. The action of the lifter which operates the parts (I and e is precisely the same as that of the lifter 7c. The arm j, which acts on the flap b, is secured to a vertical rock-shaft, and after by its action the flap has been turned in, it is held in contact with said flap until the plunger H has forced the tobacco to the forward end of the tube E.

NVithout this precaution the tobacco could not be compressed in the wrapper, or the end of the wrapper would be forced open as soon as the plunger begins to exert a slight pressure on the charge. The lever f, which imparts motion to the tube E, is connected to the same in such a manner that said tube on moving back from the platform is slightly raised. By these means it is enabled to clear the edge of the wrapper on the platform when it moves forward, and on reaching its extreme forward position it is depressed and retains the Wrapper firmly on the platform; This motion of the tube E is effected by the action of the lever f, which turns on the pivot or rock-shaft f*, and the upper end (which connects with the tube) consequently describes a circle round the center of said pivot or rock-shaft. On moving in the direction of the arrow marked near it. in Fig. 1 said lever approaches a vertical position, and the tube E is raised from the platform; but on moving toward the platform the upper end of thelever descends and the tube is depressed.

The packages formed by this machine are all of auniform size and of a perfectly reg ular shape, and the charge is put in with an even and uniform pressure.

WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The employment or use in machines for making packages of a platform, G, composed of a series of folding parts a. b c d c,with flaps Z) c r e b c r e, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The reciprocating rising-and-falling tube E, with-the hopper D and plunger H, constructed and operating in the manner and for the purpose substantially as described.

3. The lifter It, provided with a hook, 7c, and operated, substantially in the manner described, so that it acts on the folding parts I) and a of the platform in successive order.

4. The arm j,applied in connection with the flap b, substantially as specified, so that said flap will support the end of the wrapper until the charge has been introduced.

0. J. VAN OEOKELEN.

Witnesses:

M. M. LrvINesToN, WV. HAUFF. 

